Passions and Progress in Greco Roman Thought Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies 1st Edition by John T Fitzgerald ISBN 0415280699 9780415280693

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ISBN 10: 0415280699 
ISBN 13: 9780415280693
Author: John T Fitzgerald

This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient philosophers extensively discussed the nature of “the passions”, showing how those who managed their emotions properly would lead better, more moral lives. The contributions are preceded by an introdution to the subject by John Fitzgerald. Writers discussed include the Cynics, the Neopythagorians, Aristotle and Ovid; the discussion encompasses philosophy, literature and religion.

Passions and Progress in Greco Roman Thought Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies 1st Table of contents:

1 The passions and moral progress: an introduction
Introduction
The standard Greek terms and their English translations
Ancient Greek and Roman works on the emotions
Myth and morality
Moral progress
The organization of essays in this volume
Notes
Part I Philosophy
2 Aristotle and Theophrastus on the Emotions
Introduction
Emotions distinguished from other passions
A rhetorical definition of emotion
An analysis emphasizing similarity
Emotions and the body
Difference in degree
Emotion, good character, and moral virtue
Notes
3 The Problem of the Passions in Cynicism
Introduction
Some problematic features of Cynicism
What is Cynicism?
Was Cynicism a philosophical school?
Actions speak louder than words
The discontinuous history of Cynicism
The πάθη or παθήματα
Majority opinion versus nature
Early Cynics
Imperial Cynicism
Epictetus on the ideal Cynic
Dio Chrysostom, Oration 8.12–35
The Cynic Letters
Conclusions
Notes
4 The Passions in Neopythagorean Writings
Introduction
The pseudepigraphic treatises
The Pythagorean letters
Pythagorean sayings collections
Biographical traditions
Conclusion
Notes
5 “Be Angry and Sin Not”: Philodemus Versus the Stoics on Natural Bites and Natural Emotions
Introduction
Philodemus on the emotions
Julia Annas on the Epicureans
The views of Mitsis, Rist, and Brennan
Richard Sorabji on the Epicureans and Stoics
Epicurus and the Epicureans
Philodemus’s On Frank Criticism
Philodemus’s On Anger
Philodemus’s On Death
Conclusion
Additional note: Philodemus’s opponents in On Anger
Notes
6 ∏άθη and ’Aάθεια in Early Roman Empire Stoics
Introduction
Arius Didymus on the πάθη
Epictetus on the πάθη
Notes
7 Plutarch on Moral Progress
Introduction
Moral progress and philosophical therapy
Diagnosing progress
Conclusion
Notes
Part II Philosophy and Literature
8 Passion and Progress in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Introduction
Trapped by choice
Medea
Scylla
Althea
Byblis
Iphis
Myrrha
Passion, progress, and progeny
Notes
9 The Passions in Galen and the Novels of Chariton and Xenophon
Introduction
Galen’s depiction of the passions
The depiction of passion in the novels
Conclusions
Notes
Part III Philosophy and Religion
10 Philo of Alexandria on the Rational and Irrational Emotions
Introduction
The four passions
Desire and pleasure
Apatheia/eupatheia
Usefulness of the passions
Removing the passions
Notes
11 Passions in the Pauline Epistles: The Current State of Research
Introduction
Traditional approaches to Paul’s passion language
Paul’s rhetorical use of emotional appeal (pathos)
Paul’s descriptions of suffering and emotional endurance
Paul’s treatment of grief, anxiety, and anger in the community
Paul’s negative assessment of sexual passions and desires
Conclusion: Paul and philosophical self-mastery
Notes
12 The Logic of Action in Paul: How Does he Differ from the Moral Philosophers on Spiritual and Moral Progression and Regression?
Introduction
The overall picture of progression and regression in Paul’s thought
Texts and answers 1: Demons and the self-determining self that underlies exhortation
Texts and answers 2: God’s agency and human agency
Texts and answers 3: God’s agency and human “self-reliance”
Texts and answers 4: Conversion and progression/regression
Conclusion
Notes
13 Moral Progress and Divine Power in Seneca and Paul
Introduction
The notion of progress
The holy spirit within
Ethics and identity
Empowerment and virtue
Human weakness and divine power
Conclusion
Notes
14 Moral Pathology: Passions, Progress, and Protreptic in Clement of Alexandria
A rhetorician’s ploy
Clement’s educational program
The pathology of the soul
Moral progress as psychagogy
The pharmacology of logos
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index of Ancient Authors and Texts
Index of Mordern Scholars

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